1925 - 1968
Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also known by his initials RFK, was an American politician and lawyer. He served as the 64th United States attorney general from January 1961 to September 1964, and as a U.S. senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968, when he was running for the Democratic presidential nomination. Like his brothers John F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy, he was a prominent member of the Democratic Party and is an icon of modern American liberalism.Kennedy was born into a wealthy, political family in Brookline, Massachusetts. After serving in the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert F. Kennedy has received more than 25,288,644 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 72 in 2019). Robert F. Kennedy is the 808th most popular politician (down from 581st in 2019), the 235th most popular biography from United States (down from 181st in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Politician.
Robert F. Kennedy was the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy. He was a U.S. Senator and a presidential candidate. He was assassinated at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California on June 5, 1968, while campaigning for the presidency.
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Among politicians, Robert F. Kennedy ranks 808 out of 15,577. Before him are Arthur Henderson, Eduard Bernstein, Ferdinand VII of Spain, Wilhelm Frick, Pedro I of Brazil, and Justin Trudeau. After him are Édouard Daladier, Dilma Rousseff, Carol II of Romania, Liu Shaoqi, Feodor III of Russia, and Tamar of Georgia.
1863 - 1935
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 802
1850 - 1932
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 803
1784 - 1833
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 804
1877 - 1946
HPI: 70.59
Rank: 805
1798 - 1834
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 806
1971 - Present
HPI: 70.56
Rank: 807
1925 - 1968
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 808
1884 - 1970
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 809
1947 - Present
HPI: 70.51
Rank: 810
1893 - 1953
HPI: 70.51
Rank: 811
1898 - 1969
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 812
1661 - 1682
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 813
1166 - 1213
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 814
Among people born in 1925, Robert F. Kennedy ranks 14. Before him are Albert Bandura, Gilles Deleuze, Patrice Lumumba, Zygmunt Bauman, Alija Izetbegović, and Mahathir Mohamad. After him are Tony Curtis, Lee Van Cleef, B.B. King, Jorge Rafael Videla, Carlos Castaneda, and Audie Murphy. Among people deceased in 1968, Robert F. Kennedy ranks 9. Before him are Helen Keller, Marcel Duchamp, Lise Meitner, Padre Pio, John Steinbeck, and Otto Hahn. After him are Konstantin Rokossovsky, Lev Landau, Trygve Lie, Max Brod, Georg von Küchler, and Karl Barth.
1925 - 2021
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 8
1925 - 1995
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 9
1925 - 1961
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 10
1925 - 2017
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 11
1925 - 2003
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 12
1925 - Present
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 13
1925 - 1968
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 14
1925 - 2010
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 15
1925 - 1989
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 16
1925 - 2015
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 17
1925 - 2013
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 18
1925 - 1998
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 19
1925 - 1971
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 20
1880 - 1968
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 3
1887 - 1968
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 4
1878 - 1968
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 5
1887 - 1968
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 6
1902 - 1968
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 7
1879 - 1968
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 8
1925 - 1968
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 9
1896 - 1968
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 10
1908 - 1968
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 11
1896 - 1968
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 12
1884 - 1968
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 13
1881 - 1968
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 14
1886 - 1968
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 15
Among people born in United States, Robert F. Kennedy ranks 235 out of 18,182. Before him are Cameron Diaz (1972), Michael Jordan (1963), Spencer Tracy (1900), Peter Falk (1927), Robert E. Lee (1807), and Henry Miller (1891). After him are J. Edgar Hoover (1895), Philip Kotler (1931), Rita Hayworth (1918), Brigham Young (1801), Ted Kaczynski (1942), and John Ford (1894).
1972 - Present
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 229
1963 - Present
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 230
1900 - 1967
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 231
1927 - 2011
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 232
1807 - 1870
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 233
1891 - 1980
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 234
1925 - 1968
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 235
1895 - 1972
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 236
1931 - Present
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 237
1918 - 1987
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 238
1801 - 1877
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 239
1942 - 2023
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 240
1894 - 1973
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 241
Among politicians born in United States, Robert F. Kennedy ranks 34. Before him are Sitting Bull (1831), John Adams (1735), Herbert Hoover (1874), James Monroe (1758), James Madison (1751), and Andrew Jackson (1767). After him are William Howard Taft (1857), Calvin Coolidge (1872), John Quincy Adams (1767), Benjamin Harrison (1833), Andrew Johnson (1808), and George Marshall (1880).
1831 - 1890
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 28
1735 - 1826
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 29
1874 - 1964
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 30
1758 - 1831
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 31
1751 - 1836
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 32
1767 - 1845
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 33
1925 - 1968
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 34
1857 - 1930
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 35
1872 - 1933
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 36
1767 - 1848
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 37
1833 - 1901
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 38
1808 - 1875
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 39
1880 - 1959
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 40